unfaith

American  

[uhn-fayth] / ʌnˈfeɪθ /

noun

1. lack of faith, especially religious faith; unbelief.

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Etymology

Origin of unfaith

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English unfeith; un- ¹ ( def. ) + faithful ( def. )

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unfaith

“Our interfaith voices, our unfaith voices, for the commonwealth that is our voice.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2018

But I can't quite make the leap of unfaith, as it were, and say, `This is it.

From Time Magazine Archive

But she only smiled, and continued her remark: "'Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.'"

From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott

There is a reticence which is of faith, just as there may be a reticence which is of cowardice or unfaith.

From In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen by W. Boyd Carpenter

In the second act Iago advises Cassio to induce Desdemona to intercede for him, and, when left alone, pours forth a terrible confession of his unfaith in the famous 'Credo.'

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland

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